Ormond Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I was just reading a story on the STV page about workmen discovering a skull underneath floorboards in an old house being renovated on Applecross. What strange things have you found when moving into a new home? I remember years ago I moved into a small flat in Perth and up the back of a very high shelf in a cupboard I found Thai love beads. Erse pubes still attached to them too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Bob Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I was just reading a story on the STV page about workmen discovering a skull underneath floorboards in an old house being renovated on Applecross. What strange things have you found when moving into a new home? I remember years ago I moved into a small flat in Perth and up the back of a very high shelf in a cupboard I found Thai love beads. Erse pubes still attached to them too! Thanks, I always wondered where they had got to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I moved in to a new house at the start of June and while I've not discovered anything weird the amount of shoddy DIY jobs we've encountered is unreal. When we were viewing the house it seemed to be decorated to a decent standard but once we got in and actually got to have a closer look at things the guy is clearly a complete cowboy. An example would be in the kitchen where there is a total of 8 wall switches covering lights, sockets and power for the cooker, fridge etc. At a glance it all looks good however when we went to measure up for a tiled splash back it soon became evident that not 2 of the switches are at the same level! Not really noticeable to the naked eye but the minute we put tiles up it will be blindingly obvious!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Same as above..... guy who lived in the house before us did so much shoddy DIY work that almost 4 years later we are still finding all his handy work when things go wrong. Removed a wall fitted mirror in the bathroom to discover it was covering a large hole with wires going nowhere...... when moved into the house none of the tv's we plugged in would pick up a signal (turned out he had disconnected the box in the loft from all the tv's when he had installed Sky TV himself)...... could not understand for the first few months why we could only get hot water when we put the central heating system on and not when we pressed the hot water (trip switch was broken and he had tried to fix it himself, and rather than get a new one to install, had just jammed it open so when put central heating on it would boil the water also). Me and the Mrs dread to think at times what we have spent fixing his wrongs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Bob Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Same as above..... guy who lived in the house before us did so much shoddy DIY work that almost 4 years later we are still finding all his handy work when things go wrong. Removed a wall fitted mirror in the bathroom to discover it was covering a large hole with wires going nowhere...... when moved into the house none of the tv's we plugged in would pick up a signal (turned out he had disconnected the box in the loft from all the tv's when he had installed Sky TV himself)...... could not understand for the first few months why we could only get hot water when we put the central heating system on and not when we pressed the hot water (trip switch was broken and he had tried to fix it himself, and rather than get a new one to install, had just jammed it open so when put central heating on it would boil the water also). Me and the Mrs dread to think at times what we have spent fixing his wrongs. that gives me cold sweats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Im probably one of those guys that leaves behind the shoddy DIY! http://tartanarmyboard.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=4916&view=&hl=&fromsearch=1 Although nothing unsafe like a jammed on trip switch! We've been in a new house about a month, not found anything particularly horrifying. Reckon the previous owner did a lot of stuff himself, but to a good standard to be fair to him. He doesn't appear to have any clue on colour co-ordination though! I'm no Gok Wan, but I think it's been a case of "that's a nice carpet", "that's nice wallpaper" with no consideration for whether they actually match! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Although nothing unsafe like a jammed on trip switch! Got Corgi to come round and take a look at it, left the guy to work in the kitchen..... 10 minutes later came through asking if I had ever attempted any DIY work..... said no and that we had only been in the house a matter of months..... Explained every week something new was popping up, and straight away he muttered "another cowboy DIY job!" and explained the switch for the hot water had been disconnected by someone, and as a result would only work when the central heating was turned on as if working right it is there to turn the boiler off once it had reached its set temperature, while the central heating would stay on the warm up the rest of the house..... but the switch had been jammed to stay open, so effectively the boiler would stay on as long as the central heating was on. Wasn't long after this we noticed our gas usage halved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flora MaDonald Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 A mate of mine found a gas-mask. Wtf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 When i was in my early 20s there was a secret stash of Jazz mags in my bedroom I went to Lloret de Mar on holiday and came home to find my room had been gutted by my Mum and there was no sign of the stash My Mum never said anything Found that really strange ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86glebestreet Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I was just reading a story on the STV page about workmen discovering a skull underneath floorboards in an old house being renovated on Applecross. What strange things have you found when moving into a new home? I remember years ago I moved into a small flat in Perth and up the back of a very high shelf in a cupboard I found Thai love beads. Erse pubes still attached to them too! I will have to speak to my mum, she was born in applecross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flora MaDonald Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 When i was in my early 20s there was a secret stash of Jazz mags in my bedroom I went to Lloret de Mar on holiday and came home to find my room had been gutted by my Mum and there was no sign of the stash My Mum never said anything Found that really strange ... Some 'wag' stuck these old porno playing cards in my bag after my first holiday. I didn't know what to do with them, so stuck them oot the back. Came home one night to find flames in the garden with my maw burning them. Attacked with stiletto heals, and told I was getting help for my porn addiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86glebestreet Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 My pal was renovating my bathroom and there was a false ceiling, all polystyrene tiles, when he pulled it down hundreds of nude photos that had been cut out of magazines fell out, many of them were of nude women who were amputees , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86glebestreet Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Some 'wag' stuck these old porno playing cards in my bag after my first holiday. I didn't know what to do with them, so stuck them oot the back. Came home one night to find flames in the garden with my maw burning them. Attacked with stiletto heals, and told I was getting help for my porn addiction. Was it your own stilettos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Some 'wag' stuck these old porno playing cards in my bag after my first holiday. I didn't know what to do with them, so stuck them oot the back. Came home one night to find flames in the garden with my maw burning them. Attacked with stiletto heals, and told I was getting help for my porn addiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 A mate of mine found a gas-mask. Wtf? Flure has still got his. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 My pal was renovating my bathroom and there was a false ceiling, all polystyrene tiles, when he pulled it down hundreds of nude photos that had been cut out of magazines fell out, many of them were of nude women who were amputees , Are you sure it wasn't just a poor scissormanship? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThistleWhistle Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 When we moved to Stoke I was only 6 at the time but had a memory of my mum pretty much chucking me out of the bathroom when she was unpacking boxes and screaming for my dad. Found out recently it was a sex toy - something unnerving when your mum uses the word 'massive' describing such an implement and her face shows more curiousity than disgust. The interesting bit though was the couple they bought the place from got left her mum's house in the will and it was only 6 doors up the road!! Their faces must have been a pisser when they realised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 When we moved to Stoke I was only 6 at the time but had a memory of my mum pretty much chucking me out of the bathroom when she was unpacking boxes and screaming for my dad. Found out recently it was a sex toy - something unnerving when your mum uses the word 'massive' describing such an implement and her face shows more curiousity than disgust. The interesting bit though was the couple they bought the place from got left her mum's house in the will and it was only 6 doors up the road!! Their faces must have been a pisser when they realised. There must be an interesting story as to how that came up in conversation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThistleWhistle Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 There must be an interesting story as to how that came up in conversation? We were speaking about earliest memories and one I could remember was getting chucked out the bathroom then said at the time thought it might be a dead animal but now pressumed it was a sex toy. My mouth had started operating before I'd thought the conversation through so was slightly uncomfortable. Mum straight off the bat said 'Dildo - It was Massive' with a glint in her eye I didn't care for which made it worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auchinyell Sox Change Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 We were speaking about earliest memories and one I could remember was getting chucked out the bathroom then said at the time thought it might be a dead animal but now pressumed it was a sex toy. My mouth had started operating before I'd thought the conversation through so was slightly uncomfortable. Mum straight off the bat said 'Dildo - It was Massive' with a glint in her eye I didn't care for which made it worse. Sure it wasn't a Dodo ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindimoo Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 More dodgy DIY stuff. My friend moved into a new house and found that the previous owners had just laid new carpets on top of the old again and again, when they stripped them the doors had a gap of about 2 inches between them and the floor. Same house, she went to take the very ornate expensive looking curtains down to get dry cleaned only to find they had been put up with a staple gun and no more nails. She pulled half the plaster down with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stapes Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 A pair of handcuffs in one house. My brother recently found, in his attic, a silver plate awarded to a teacher on leaving her school in 1917. Years ago my friend moved into an old manse that needed completely renovated. When he dug behind the word panels beneath the window he found an old bottle collection. A few of them still contained poison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brant grebner Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 My pal was renovating my bathroom and there was a false ceiling, all polystyrene tiles, when he pulled it down hundreds of nude photos that had been cut out of magazines fell out, many of them were of nude women who were amputees , stump####er fetish is fairly common actually... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefaetheferry Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Moved into an old mill building dating back to the 1700's (built from stones from a church burnt down during the reformation) but brand new build inside the old stone walls. Following a flood, the rebuild process saw some of the old stone blocks visible on the inside. One had the outline of a saltire etched onto it and '1744' beside it. Contacted the National Archive and emailed a photo, and whilst we will never know for sure, they were of the opinion that it would be a show of support for the rebellion of 1745. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 When i was in my early 20s there was a secret stash of Jazz mags in my bedroom I went to Lloret de Mar on holiday and came home to find my room had been gutted by my Mum and there was no sign of the stash My Mum never said anything Found that really strange ... You should just have looked in the nearest hedge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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